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UV Light Turns Plankton Into Cloud FactoriesDiscussions Features 14 July 2004 UV Light Turns Plankton Into Cloud Factories by Kate Melville Much like Dr. Evil's weather control ... in the Sargasso Sea, near Bermuda. Research also found that the cloud producing compound peaks in the summer in the ocean, when UV ... to use computer models to recreate the impacts of plankton on cloudcover. Since the white clouds can reflect sunlight back out to space ... scienceagogo.com